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Studio Overview

A desktop app for building, testing, and shipping MCP servers.

NitroStudio is a desktop app for working on MCP servers. Open a project and Studio starts your server, connects to it the way an AI client would, and shows everything it offers: tools, resources, prompts, and tasks. From there you can call a tool by hand, chat with a model that uses your tools, generate and run test cases, and deploy to NitroCloud without leaving the app.

Studio works with any NitroStack project, and with other MCP servers too. While you edit your code, it reloads the server on save, so what you see always matches what you wrote.

Your MCP serverA local project, or a prebuilt server
NitroStudio
InspectApp Canvas, Tools, Resources, Prompts, Tasks
AgentAI Chat, Compose, Skills
SystemTest Cases, Health, Logs, Deployments, Authentication
NitroCloudYour live app, with its own URL
Studio connects to your server, gives you three areas to work in, and deploys to NitroCloud.

Download NitroStudio

Free for macOS, Windows, and Linux.

PlatformPackageRequires
macOSUniversal .dmg (Apple Silicon and Intel)macOS 12 or later
Windows64-bit installer (.exe)Windows 10 or later
Linux.deb package, x64Debian 10+ or Ubuntu 20.04+

All platforms need at least 4 GB of RAM.

Get started

Create a server or open one you already have. Studio keeps a list of your projects and can connect to several at once.

Create an MCP server

Generate a server from an API description, or start from a template.

Add an MCP server

Open a project folder or connect a prebuilt server.

Configuration

Project, chat, and app settings.

Inspect

See and exercise everything your server exposes, the same way a client does.

App Canvas

Your whole server as one connected map.

Tools

Run any tool from a generated form and see its widget.

Resources

Read any resource and copy its contents.

Prompts

Fill in a prompt's arguments and run it.

Tasks

Follow long-running tool calls as they progress.

Agent

Work with a model that can call your tools.

AI Chat

Chat with a model that calls your tools and renders widgets.

Compose

Build and change an MCP app by describing it.

Skills

Give the model step-by-step instructions for your workflows.

System

Test, observe, secure, and ship the server.

Test Cases

Generate conversation tests with AI and run them.

Health

Health checks and protocol details.

Logs

Server output and every MCP message.

Deployments

Deploy to NitroCloud and see the history.

Authentication

Credentials for servers that require sign-in.

Watch the video

Check out the video for a walkthrough of everything on this page.

Heroku

Deploy the server as a container with git push

Create an MCP server

Start a new server in Studio, from an API you already have or from a template.

On this page

Get startedInspectAgentSystemWatch the video